Lausanne
(Switzerland). Spain qualified for the intermediate round of the European
championships with a comfortable victory over Switzerland. Barcelona's Sergio
opened the scoring for Juan Santiesteban's side from a pass by Zaragoza's
Peña in the twelfth minute, and Bilbao's Murillo added a second before
half time. Blunschi pulled one back for the Swiss, the first goal that Spain
had conceded in their four games, but another Bilbao player Jonan scored the
third with a shot into the top corner of the net near the end. Spain ended the
mini-group stage with four wins out of four, and go on to play Macedonia in
April/May next year for a place in the final stage, which will take place in
Norway. (07.11.01)